[News] Venezuela: Over 30 Million Cyber Attacks Per Minute Since July 28

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Venezuela: Over 30 Million Cyber Attacks Per Minute Since July 28
orinocotribune
August 13, 2024
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[image: Venezuelan Minister of Science and Technology Gabriela Jiménez.
Photo: X/@lubrio.]

Venezuelan Minister of Science and Technology Gabriela Jiménez. Photo:
X/@lubrio.

Venezuelan platforms have experienced over 30 million cyberattacks per
minute without a break since July 28. This was reported by Venezuelan
Minister of Science and Technology Gabriela Jiménez this Monday, August 12,
at the National and State Security Council held by President Nicolás Maduro.

Presenting a full report of the ongoing cyberattacks Venezuela has received
since the presidential elections, Minister Jiménez said that 25
institutions have been affected by cyberattacks and 40 are being
investigated.

“Among the cyberattacks, we can see that 65% were the denial of service
type, affecting the servers of state institutions and international links,”
she added, explaining that this affects the servers. Meanwhile, 17% of the
attacks are related to the theft of information associated with emails
containing malicious software, route hijacking, DNS expansion, and
misconfiguration of state pages and portals.

She added that over the weekend, CANTV’s IP addresses were hijacked to
cause the servers to crash. CANTV is the biggest telecom corporation in
Venezuela and is state-owned.

*All platforms have been attacked*
“All state platforms have been attacked in multiple ways,” said Minister
Jiménez when presenting the report. She highlighted that among the affected
systems, the National Placement System (SNI) received four million attacks
per hour. The SNI is the placement platform for new students in Venezuelan
universities.

During her speech, Jiménez explained that renowned international
cybersecurity platforms such as NETSCOUT report that the Venezuelan State
has been one of the countries most affected by cyberattacks between July
and August. These events are recorded on international cybersecurity
platforms such as NETSCOUT and Kaspersky, which showed an increase in data
traffic to Venezuela the day after the elections, leading Venezuela to be
the most attacked country in Latin America between July and August.

In this regard, she said that the volume, level of sophistication,
incidence, and duration of the attacks demonstrate a great technological
and financial capacity.

*Most cyberattacks come from the United States*
Regarding the origin of the attacks, Minister Jiménez said that 98% come
from farm services with desktop computers and less than 2% from mobile
technology platforms.

Jiménez also said in her report that when analyzing the source of the
attacks against platforms in Venezuela, the first country from which they
were launched was the United States.

“In addition to these attacks, this has been simultaneously linked to the
use of social media platforms where they generate trends of media
cyberattacks,” she said, adding that although “90% of the attacks have not
been successful, they nevertheless generate climates of fear,” highlighting
that these affect Venezuelans’ psyche and create a negative perspective
against the country.

The report concluded by recommending the creation of a National Cyber
Security Council to strengthen technological platforms.

(Últimas Noticias
<https://ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/politica/mas-de-30-millones-de-ciber-ataques-por-minuto-se-han-recibido-desde-el-28j/>
)

Translation: Orinoco Tribune

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